Month: July 2007

801 Media has formally announced a number of its planned 2008 yaoi manga releases: The Prime Minister’s Secret Diplomacy by Youka Nitta Love Circumstances by Aco Oumi The

Question: Why are anime so overt with their messages? It’s always been very visible to me that a lot of anime intentionally carry strong messages that are mainly

Mecha Anime HQ now hosts an exclusive interview with ImaginAsian Entertainment’s manager of strategic development and programming Justin Sevakis. The interview concentrates on ImaginAsian’s distribution and upcoming DVD

Media Blasters is seeking a volunteer to work as an unpaid intern proofreader for yaoi and risqu&eacute manga titles. Interested applicants must be able to commute to the

Question: How do they decide whether an anime series should be continued or not? Is it due to costs to produce the anime? I read somewhere that the

Japanese multimedia website BIGLOBE now hosts a 2:30 streaming trailer for the Gode Geass stage 24-25 special scheduled to air on the 28th. Note that the trailer may

Starchild has formally announced development of a 4 episode OVA series tentatively titled, “Ryofuko-chan.” The Ryofuko-chan anime originated as a fictional anime watched by the characters in Jiro

Interior pages in the August issue of Shueisha’s Cobalt Magazine contain a confirmation of plans for a fourth Maria-sama ga Miteru anime series. No release date or format

Sony Pictures has announced that Tekkonkinkreet will be released on domestic DVD and Blu-ray disc on September 25th. The DVD edition will retail at $26.96. The Blu-ray disc

Question: I was wondering why, in certain anime, when the main character or a supporting character are short, they have a major issue with any mention of their

Afro Samurai producer Eric Calderon has formally announced development of a 12 episode animated television series titled “The Five Killers.” The upcoming action show created by Calderon will

The official Japanese homepage for the 2008 Doraemon movie “Eiga Doraemon: Nobita to Midori no Kyojin Den” (Doraemon Movie: Nobita and the Green Giant Legend) now hosts a

The 2006 Ryusei no Rockman anime television series has been scheduled to air in America on the Cartoon Network. The series, under the American title “MegaMan Star Force,”

Question: Lucky Star seems to have hit the Japanese fan community by storm: ads are everywhere in Akiba, many stores play the anime on their screens, the limited

The “Trailer” section of the Stranger homepage now hosts a full length trailer for the upcoming film. The movie is scheduled to open in Japanese theaters on September